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Necessary Roughness is the debut and so far only official studio album from the American hip-hop artist, The Lady of Rage. The album was released on June 24, 1997. Necessary Roughness was largely produced by Daz Dillinger, with contributions from Easy Mo Bee and DJ Premier. The album it peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 on July 12, 1997. Necessary Roughness was the last Death Row Records album to be distributed by Interscope.

Necessary Roughness
Studio album by The Lady of Rage
Released	June 24, 1997
Recorded	1996–97
Studio	Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
Genre	West Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop gangsta rap
Length	60:53
Label	Death Row Interscope
Producer	Suge Knight (exec.), Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Kenny Parker, Lady of Rage, Reg Flair, Sean "Barney" Thomas

Professional ratings

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Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Riot (Intro)"		2:51
2.	"Necessary Roughness"	Easy Mo Bee	4:45
3.	"Big Bad Lady" (featuring 2Pac & Kevin Vernando)	Daz Dillinger	5:12
4.	"Sho' Shot"	Sean "Barney" Thomas	4:29
5.	"No Shorts"	Daz Dillinger	4:00
6.	"Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That) [Remix]"	Daz Dillinger	5:04
7.	"Raw Deal"	Daz Dillinger, Tyrone Wrice (co-producer)	5:27
8.	"Breakdown"	Easy Mo Bee	4:31
9.	"Rough Rugged & Raw" (featuring Daz Dillinger & Snoop Doggy Dogg)	Reg Flair	4:05
10.	"Super Supreme"	Kenny Parker	4:17
11.	"Some Shit"	DJ Premier	3:08
12.	"Microphone Pon Cok" (featuring Madd 1)	DJ Premier	4:15
13.	"Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)"	Lady of Rage, Daz Dillinger	3:58
14.	"Confessions"	Lady of Rage, Soopafly (co-producer)	5:34

Leftover track

• "The Set Up" (featuring Heather B. & Nikki D) (produced by DJ Premier)
  • The song was confirmed as a diss song to rival Foxy Brown who previously made derogatory comments about Rage and Heather B. in a particular interview. The track however was subsequently deleted from the album's track listing. This would also be the second time Nikki D made a cameo in a Foxy Brown diss record, the first being Queen Latifah's controversial, "Name Callin' (Part 1)".[1]

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	7

See also

• 1997 in music
• List of albums

References

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